<p>Wow, you need to chill out a little bit. We are not forcing you to read this site anyways.</p>
<p>lol it was really sad today... I realized that I had to start filling out applications for... other colleges. I went to the teachers that I am having write my recs and said "I need these in about two weeks, but hopefully I won't need them at all... I'll tell you in 6 days."</p>
<p>lol haha retire this thread eh? .... i say not! it makes me want it that much more! kinda like when your girlfriend ***** your **** and takes her time getting started... you want it so much by the time she starts that its just amazing :) :)</p>
<p>I want to let you know that we will allow Early Decision applicants to Duke University to view their admissions decisions on-line beginning 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2004.</p>
<p>If you've already registered on our site and created your own user ID and password, you can check your decision by going to our web site, <a href="http://www.admissions.duke.edu%5B/url%5D">www.admissions.duke.edu</a>. Just log in as a returning user with your user ID and password and click on the "Check My Status" button, which will take you to the admissions decision screen. Then click on "Decision Letter" to view your admissions decision.</p>
<p>If you've registered on our site but haven't used your access code to create your own user ID and password, just get your access code from the two-page Data Verification Letter we mailed you when you first submitted your application, and click on the "Have My Access Code" button, located on the right side of our home page. After doing so, you will have access to your admissions decision on Wednesday .</p>
<p>If you haven't already registered on our site and set up your password and user id, you will need to do so. We realize that by registering on our site you are providing information that we already have; however, this step is a necessary part of the on-line registration process. Once you've registered you can use your access code to create your user ID and password, which will give you access to your admissions decision on Wednesday .</p>
<p>Using your access code to create a user ID and password is the only way to view your application and admissions status decision on-line. That code was included on the two-page Data Verification Letter you received from us after you began your Duke application (international students received theirs via e-mail). Please keep in mind that your access code is not the PIN number you used to apply on-line.</p>
<p>Since we deliver our decision letters only to the applicants themselves, we expect that only the applicant will be checking his or her decision on-line. We will ask you--as a final step--to confirm that you are the applicant before you are able to see your admissions decision.</p>
<p>Almost 76% of our Early Decision applicants have already registered, and set up passwords and user IDs, so they could check whether their applications were complete. Now those of you who have registered and entered your access code will be able to see your admissions decision as well.</p>
<p>If you cannot locate your Duke access code, I am very sorry that for security reasons we are not able to provide it to you by phone or e-mail. I hope you understand that maintaining the confidentiality of our applicants' records needs to be our first concern. We can, though, mail you a duplicate copy of your Data Verification Letter, which will include your access code, upon request. Of course, we will still be mailing all of our decision letters, and they will be mailed the third week of December or we can provide your admissions decision by telephone beginning Thursday, December 16, 2004.</p>
<p>If you decide to check your decision online, we strongly encourage you to check your decision in the privacy of your own home, not at school. We believe your decision is a private matter, and for many reasons we have found it's best for applicants to be away from friends and classmates when they check their decisions.</p>
<p>If you have any technical questions, please direct them to <a href="mailto:support@admissions.duke.edu">support@admissions.duke.edu</a>. You can direct all other questions or concerns to the Admissions Office staff at 919-684-3214 beginning Thursday, December 16, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.</p>
<p>Good luck with all of your applications, and thanks again for applying to Duke!</p>
<p>honestly guys... i think my path will be the following..</p>
<p>deferred
waitlisted</p>
<p>I really hope I get in, but I am sure that with my luck i'll be deferred and then rejected. Or better yet, deferred, waitlisted, and then never contacted again.</p>
<p>its so weird that we are so friendly to people that we are competiting against for spots at our #1 school... lol</p>
<p>I thought that at first, too.</p>
<p>But, what good does being competitive do? The results are in. Might as well bond.</p>
<p>It's also nice to be able to go through it with people who are experiencing the exact same thing. It helps ease the tension. Or so I thinkl</p>
<p>ay_caramba...sorry for the late getting back. lol. Yes, I did stay at Duke. I stayed with my friend on east, in blackwell. hooray for AC!</p>
<p>It's getting so close guys! Ahhhhhh!!! My guidance counselor told me I stand a "damn good chance." I guess that's cool since I made my counselor cuss at my chances? Haha. We'll just have to see. My Lit teacher has been talking about me in other classes. Apparently I'm annoying him because I talk about it so much. It must be the big "5 DAYS UNTIL SAM FINDS OUT ABOUT DUKE" on his board...</p>
<p>But hey...atleast we're competing for alot of spots...not just 1. It would be great if we just all got in, and then we could have a big CC bonding session at Duke in the fall!</p>
<p>loveduke, blackwell is a nice dorm. how long did you stay? what did you do?
sorry for the questions, i'm just curious</p>
<p>ay_caramba:</p>
<p>I've noticed that all of your posts commend Duke for many things (and I can't help but agree with you).</p>
<p>But, I've been wanting to ask you..</p>
<p>What do you NOT like about Duke?</p>
<p>Haha...well it was the day of open house, but we kind of ditched that to go to the football game...so that was definitely fun. Another reason why Duke should accept me...like, every single football game they win I'm at. Haha. So I just stayed that one night. We went over to west, saw a movie, and basically just hung out. I met alot of people and thoroughly enjoyed being labeled the "pre-frosh" all night. lol. I had a great time, and it was just really great to be there. The atmosphere was pretty cool. You get a much better idea hanging out with a college kid as opposed to with your parents.</p>
<p>did you do that this fall?</p>
<p>I have only been down to duke once ... didnt even visit east campus :) but the rest was so nice.. wow</p>
<p>Hi everyone- if anyone is considering a psychology major could you please tell me something about the psych. program at Duke that sets it apart from any other good schools like Stanford and Yale?
I would really appreciate it and best wishes to all the EA applicants!<br>
I know it's a really anxious time!- Thanks</p>
<p>Yeah, this fall I stayed over. East obviously isn't as stunning as west, but I mean, to me it's like a normal college. Everyone I've talked to apparently thinks east is real ghetto, but it's not really.</p>
<p>r2005: I was wondering when someone would ask that! :-)
There are a lot of things that I like about duke... but plenty that I don't like; no school is perfect.
I don't like how spread out the campus is. I wish it was more compact and defined rather than sooo spread out. Central is just like so random, and taking the bus every day is annoying (can't wait to live on west next year!). [note: they have plans to fix this situation, make the campus more pedestrian, but that would be something "good" so i won't go into it now].
I don't like the fact that I had a TA that could barely speak english. He was nice... but still.
Ok this will sound shallow, but I don't like the lack of intellectualism overall. Kids here are smart but seem to do anything they can to hide that. They want to defy the "smart kid" stereotype. I can understand that, but it still annoys me sometimes. That said, there are plenty of kids who rejoice in their dorkiness too haha
I don't like Durham. I'm sorry but it's not a very good college town. At all. I know kids from Durham and they like it because it's their home, but it really lacks something compared to nearby Chapel Hill, for example. Adding to that is Duke's physical detachment from the city. East is more in the city, but on West you feel like you're in a forest. That's fine, but sometimes I want some more excitement.
Another thing related to the spread out nature of the campus is that the social life (I'm not talking parties, I wouldn't know about that haha) here is so diluted. We don't have enough kids to fully populate all this space. East is a bit better because all freshmen are together in a pretty compact area. But just having sophomores and some seniors and juniors on west, freshmen on east, juniors and seniors on central, makes the main west campus kind of dead a lot of the time. During weekends, it's almost deserted, during the day at least. I noticed this the most when I took the Robertson bus to UNC-CH one day out of curiosity (no i'm definitely not thinking of transferring... goodness no). There were so many people everywhere, huge gatherings, etc., and the campus just seemed more alive. At Duke, during the week, there are usually lots of people around and stuff, but I'm glad that we're expanding pratt (in case you didn't know, in addition to growing the undergrad population by 800, they're doubling the pratt grad enrollment too), we need more people in my opinion, especially down in the engineering section.
I don't like our library. Thank goodness we're renovating it and expanding it; inside is the ugliest thing you will ever see. Ugly brownish redish carpeting... yeah well mercifully it will all be over soon.
And most of all... I HATE the basketball games. Haha just kidding of course!
I'm sure I'll think of more things, but that's all for now.
And despite all these things, I really do love Duke.</p>
<p>loveduke: football games can be fun. we're actually starting to get some good recruits! sounds like you had a good time though. Duke is a bit different as a visitor than as a student though...</p>
<p>I got to agree with most of what ay<em>caramba said about what he dislikes. Main things I don't like here: waiting for busses, being forced to eat a lot of meals at the marketplace as a freshman. There are some really stuck up undergrads here and there and I'm not a big fan of them. Those are the only three big ones I could think of now. Ay</em>caramba went into more detail on some other things that Duke lacks. Good luck on any finals that you have left to any undergrad reading this.</p>
<p>Am I allowed to count down still? If I can, 5 days, 10 hours and 58 minutes. If not... <em>waves hands in 'jedi knight' fashion</em> there isn't anything in this post but a big elephant.</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!</p>
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